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CENTR just published a comment on the European Democracy Shield, the EU’s initiative to counter foreign information manipulation, disinformation and interference online.

In a nutshell: European Commission started the review of the EU Cybersecurity Act, held a conference on the governance of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds, opened consultations on the International Digital Strategy, AI initiatives and EUID specifications. European Parliament’s committees presented draft reports on insolvency, product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce, and on public procurement. ENISA launched the EU Vulnerability Database. Polish presidency published a note on disinformation and threats in cyberspace to young people.

The 122nd IETF meeting took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 15 and 21 March 2025 with over 150 working group sessions, a 2-day hackathon, and a wide range of side events. Pawel Kowalik and Christian Simmen from DENIC attended the meeting and have written a summary of the main points of relevance for the CENTR members.

In a nutshell: European Parliament discussed tech sovereignty. European Commission presented European Preparedness Union Strategy, ProtectEU Security Strategy, and opened consultations on geographical indications, European Democracy Shield, Cyber Resilience Act. European Council presented conclusions on competitiveness, defence and security. European institutions outlined the EU legislative priorities 2025-2029. ENISA published a cybersecurity maturity and criticality assessment, and presented its vision for the future. EU ministers adopted a Warsaw call on cybersecurity.

In a nutshell: European Commission published its work programme for 2025, opened a call for evidence for European Internal Security Strategy and the Geoblocking Regulation, presented a new cybersecurity blueprint and an action plan on submarine cable security. ITRE published a draft own-initiative report on European tech sovereignty. ECON published a draft opinion on the insolvency directive. ENISA published a report on the threat landscape in the finance sector. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on data subjects’ requests.

In a nutshell: Polish presidency has assumed presidency of the Council of the EU and unveiled its 18-month programme together with Denmark and Cyprus. European Commission presented Competitiveness Compass and established Commissioner’s Project Groups. Council of the EU presented conclusions on strengthening the role of ENISA and on the white paper on Mastering Europe’s digital infrastructure needs. European Parliament announced a new European Democracy Shield special committee. Europol and Eurojust published a report on common challenges in cybercrime.

The CENTR Jamboree 2025 is all set to take place in Lyon from May 21st to 23rd, hosted by our colleagues at Afnic!

The goal of the CENTR Jamboree is to bring together peers, experts and leaders from various registries in a collaborative gathering, designed to foster knowledge exchange, discuss shared challenges, identify opportunities for collaboration and build professional networks across the European ccTLD industry.

On 17 October 2024, the European Commission published the NIS 2 Implementing Regulation, which sets out the technical and methodological requirements for cybersecurity risk management measures that are mandatory for DNS service providers, TLD name registries and various other digital infrastructure actors, including cloud service providers, data centre service providers, content delivery network providers and others. 

In a nutshell: The new European Commission College of Commissioners was voted in. The European Commission took action against the lack of transposition of cybersecurity legislation, adopted rules on the DSA transparency reports, and published EU Digital Identity Wallet draft implementing acts. EUIPO reaffirmed GI cooperation with the European Commission. ENISA published its NIS 2 implementing act guidelines, and the first report on the state of cybersecurity in the Union. The European Council published a Budapest Declaration on the New European Competitiveness Deal. Hungarian Council of the EU presidency reached a partial general agreement on the insolvency proposal. European Parliament ECON committee approves Framework for Financial Data Access for trilogues. INTERPOL operation took down IP addresses.

Brussels, 16 December 2024 | A study commissioned by CENTR (Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries) has revealed the intricate factors driving country code top-level domain (ccTLD) sustainability, offering insights into the digital ecosystem's complex mechanics.